Reading and Leeds Festivals line-ups

The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events both happen on the bank holiday weekend in August (on Friday, Saturday, Sunday), and share the same bill (occasionally with one or two exceptions). The Leeds site began in 1999, while the original festival dates back to National Jazz Festival and settled in Reading in 1971.

The following is a list of acts that have played at the festival.

2008

Main Stage

The Dance Arena

Notes

*The festival ran from Friday 22 - Sunday 24 August 2008. Weekend tickets cost £155. Day tickets cost £65.
*Punktastic confirmed, Set Your Goals had pulled out of Reading/Leeds Festival. Alkaline Trio pulled mainland festival appearances but still appeared at Reading/Leeds.
*All bands listed are confirmed to appear according to the [http://www.readingfestival.com/lineup/lineup.aspx official Reading and Leeds festival site] .
*The Pigeon Detectives appeared on the Dance To The Radio Stage (an alias for the BBC Introducing Stage in reference to their label) on Thursday 21st at the Leeds Site. This carries on the tradition of bands originating from Leeds making surprise appearances at the festival after the Kaiser Chiefs had done the previous year [http://www.nme.com/news/the-pigeon-detectives/39083] .
*Slipknot pulled out of the festival after drummer Joey Jordison broke his ankle [http://www.nme.com/news/slipknot/39090] . As this meant Feeder played in their slot instead, frontman Grant Nicholas dedicated "Buck Rogers" to Slipknot fans in the audience.
*Avenged Sevenfold's set, was also supposed to be performed at Reading, but at the Leeds leg the band stopped after four songs at Leeds due to singer M. Shadows having a vocal strain, the band then pulled out of playing at Reading as M Shadows was told to rest his vocal chords by a doctor. This also seen a mix-up in the running order during the days bands, and starting times being delayed by 15-30 minutes. The mix-up meant the running order did not reflect the popularity the acts had with the festival goers, and time was also filled when the timetable was being re-planned by playing music over the PA system.
*Also a number of Nirvana covers were made including Territorial Pissings by Pennywise; In Bloom by Dirty Pretty Things; Breed by Feeder; and "Pennyroyal Tea" by Manic Street Preachers.

2007

Main Stage

Radio 1 Lock-Up Stage

Radio 1 Stage

Carling Stage

NME/Radio 1 Stage

Carling stage

Dance Arena

Notes

On the Radio 1 Stage, the Super Furry Animals headlined on the "Leeds Saturday", with Graham Coxon second. This order was reversed when the bands played the "Reading Friday". New Found Glory pulled out a few weeks before the festival. A weekend ticket cost £105, a day ticket £45.

2003

Main Stage

The Concrete Jungle Stage

Radio 1 Evening Session Stage

Notes

Guns N' Roses played only in Leeds as they had a prior touring commitment in London on the day of the Reading event. In Reading they were replaced by Raging Speedhorn who appeared much lower on the bill. A weekend ticket cost £90, a day ticket was £39. Reel Big Fish pulled out of Leeds for undisclosed reasons.

2001

Main Stage

The Concrete Jungle Stage

Radio 1 Evening Session Stage

Notes

Weekend tickets cost £80, day tickets £35.

Rage Against the Machine played their last UK gig at Reading before their break-up. They played their last gig three weeks later. They headlined the festival in 2008 which was their first gig in England since their reunion. Other UK gigs since the reunion have been T In The Park 2008 and Oxegen 2008 which are in Scotland and Ireland respectively.

1999

Main Stage

Dance Stage

Melody Maker Stage

Notes

Weekend tickets cost £75, day tickets £30.

1997

Main Stage

Notes

Weekend tickets cost £70, day tickets £30.

1996

Main Stage

Notes

Weekend tickets cost £60

1995

Main Stage

Notes

Weekend tickets cost £60

1994

Main Stage

Melody Maker Stage

Melody Maker Stage

Mean Fiddler Stage

Notes

Weekend tickets cost £32.50.

References

[http://leedsfestival.com/history/index.aspx Official Historical Line Up Posters]

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockgeek/sets/72157606740002196/ Flickr Historical Line Up Posters]